Publications by authors named "F E Van Beek"
Aims: It is not clear which type of casting provides the best initial treatment in adults with a distal radial fracture. Given that between 32% and 64% of adequately reduced fractures redisplace during immobilization in a cast, preventing redisplacement and a disabling malunion or secondary surgery is an aim of treatment. In this study, we investigated whether circumferential casting leads to fewer the redisplacement of fewer fractures and better one-year outcomes compared with plaster splinting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Pulmonary fibrosis is a severe disease which can be familial. A genetic cause can only be found in ∼40% of families. Searching for shared novel genetic variants may aid the discovery of new genetic causes of disease.
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- A study on combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) explored how these conditions impact mortality and lung function decline compared to patients with just idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
- CPFE patients with more than 10% emphysema had a history of stronger smoking habits and experienced more pronounced declines in lung function, particularly in diffusing capacity, which correlated better with mortality than overall lung capacity measures.
- The findings suggest that when evaluating disease progression in IPF, specific measures like diffusing capacity should be prioritized for patients with significant emphysema, while a relative decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) should be monitored in non-CPFE IPF patients.
Soft pneumatic displays have shown to provide compelling soft haptic feedback. However, they have rarely been tested in Virtual Reality applications, while we are interested in their potential for haptic feedback in the metaverse. Therefore, we designed a fully soft Pneumatic Unit Cell (PUC) and implemented it in a VR button task, in which users could directly use their hands for interaction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Computer quantification of baseline computed tomography (CT) radiological pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) associates with mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). We examined mortality associations of longitudinal change in computer-quantified PPFE-like lesions in IPF and fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (FHP).
Methods: Two CT scans 6-36 months apart were retrospectively examined in one IPF (n=414) and one FHP population (n=98).